Sharing a Beer with Billy Mays in Heaven
Dan’s Blog about a Sharing Beer with Billy Mays in Heaven, who passed away June 28, 2009.
If you believe in the afterlife, you probably have an entire scene in your mind as to how it is going to be once you pass away. Whether it involves clouds, angels, harps, old long haired bearded gate keepers, or bikini woman, we all envision something. A popular vision is to be reunited with lost love ones like family. For me, that sounds awesome.
Yesterday, one of my favorite celebrities passed away. Billy Mays, the pitch man for a boat load of ‘As-Seen-On-TV’ products including Oxi-Clean was a super manly icon to me. With his perfectly trimmed beard and grizzly loud voice, this guy was a man’s man. I would put him in the same group of manly men like Chuck Norris, Babe Ruth, Chuck Liddell, and David Hasselhoff. If I were to go to heaven, after saying hi to my family and dogs, I would seek out Billy Mays first, and have a beer with him. I would hope that Billy would share a cold one with me, and I would hope the bar up in heaven has good beer on tap. No Coors Light, no Heineken, just San Diego beer and Trappist Ale would be fine with me.
Not to get all morbid, but what celebrity would you want to have a beer with in the after life?  Elvis? John Lennon? Bruce Lee? And what beer should be on tap up there? There are so many cool people up there, I’d like to know what you think? Use the comment feature below to sound off on this.
August 21, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
I saw an infomercial last night for Oxi Clean! and reminded me how much I miss him!
June 30, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
My dad was more upset about the death of Billy Mays than any of the other celebrities this week, so I think he would be there with you for that beer.
I, on the other hand, would want to have a beer with some of the most notorious drunks and just listen to their stories: Andre the Giant, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Dorothy Parker, etc.
Whatever beer they are serving in heaven, I bet it’s a homebrew.
June 30, 2009 @ 11:57 am
I would definately have a beer with Bruce and Brandon Lee, Teddy Williams (GO SOX), and my Mom. All of them are impressive spirits to me and I have always admired each of them for their strength and determination.
June 29, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
I’d have a Utica Club with my dad (his favorite beer). Then I’d have a draft and a cigar with Babe Ruth.
June 29, 2009 @ 12:46 pm
I would love to have a beer with Billy Mays too. And I am sure he would pitch you the best damn beer heaven’s got, and I would get it.
June 29, 2009 @ 11:59 am
I agree with Sinned34 about having a beer with George Carlin, so for sake of originality, I’ll seek out John Belushi. The stories and the fun that could be had…
And if this is truly heaven, every beer ever made would be there. Yes, even the pale yellow stuff, but that’s OK.
June 29, 2009 @ 10:14 am
The first non-family member or friend that I would look to have a beer with would probably be George Carlin. I’m sure he’d have some amusing comments questioning how the heck he managed to make it into heaven!
As for beer in heaven, I’m sure that the masses will have their Molsons and Budweisers, but there will be small, friendly German-style beer halls with great craft beers like the Back Hand Of God Stout (from Crannog Ales), Naramata Nut Brown (from The Cannery), and Maudite (from Unibroue).
Of course, I’m hoping for the Pastafarian version of heaven, which includes a beer volcano!
June 29, 2009 @ 9:59 am
Mays was from Pittsburgh. Trust me, he’d have an Iron City with you 🙂